Experimental study on the combined effects of inclination angle and insert devices on the performance of a flat-plate solar collector

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-263

  Sandhu, Gurveer ^a   Siddiqui, Kamran ^a   Garcia, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collector inclination; Flat plate collectors; Insert devices; Nusselt number enhancement

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR INCLINATION; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; INSERT DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWISTED-TAPE INSERTS;

LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WIRE;

NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 84891870633     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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